India, July 16 -- India scripted history at the 56th International Physics Olympiad in Colombia (July 04-12), as all five team members (Kanishk Jain, Riddhesh Anant Bendale, Rishit Garg, Shresth Suraiya and Svarit Joshi) won gold medals. The feat helped India finish joint first among 87 countries and drew praise from PM Modi (inset), who called it a reflection of the nation's "limitless" Yuva Shakti. For the Delhi-based JEE aspirant Rishit Garg (18), the achievement is more than just a medal. "People abroad still have this idea that India is only good at jugaad, not real science," he says, adding, "Standing there with gold felt like proving that Indian students can go head-to-head with anyone." Garg credited the success to months of grind: "The hardest part was unlearning shortcuts. In school, you're taught tricks to get to the answer fast. Here, you have to understand why something works, because the moment a question changes, shortcuts stop working." On receiving praise from PM Modi, he adds,"When I saw PM Modi's tweet congratulating us, it suddenly hit me that we had actually done something special."...